Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Karmann doesn't normally charge in public, but decided to try out the new Envision Solar EV Charger in downtown Shasta Lake, California.

Equipped with one Level II J1772 charge cord and a GFI 120 volt outlet, the Envision Solar EV Charger is centrally located on the main drag of town (Shasta Dam Blvd.).

Karmann normally charges using 120 volts, so she plugged in and tasted solar charging for the first time. Now to find a way to move this thing closer to the shop, so she is out of the sun, but charging from sunshine.

Now to convince the City that Level III Fast Charging is the game changer. Of course I have been telling them that for years. I guess this will have to do for now. EV4U offered free Level II charging at our shop for years.

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – August 28th 2014 – Envision Solar International, Inc.,
(OTCQB: EVSI) ("Envision Solar," or the "Company"), the leading
renewable energy Media and Branding, and EV charging product company,
announced today that the City of Shasta Lake, California has initiated
their electric vehicle charging program with the installation of an
Envision Solar EV ARC™ standalone Solar Charging Station. This fully
renewably energized EV charger will be located at the City’s Grand River
municipal parking lot on Shasta Dam Boulevard and will be available
free of charge to the public. The EV ARC™ will be equipped with a
standard Level II EV charger and power outlets to enable electric
wheelchair charging.

The EV ARC™ is a cost-effective, easy-to-install, standalone solar
charging station that requires no engineering, foundation, trenching,
building permit or grid connection. Invented, engineered and
manufactured in the United States, the EV ARC™ fits inside a standard
parking space and generates enough renewable energy to provide an
average of 55 and as many as over 100 electric miles each day. The
energy is stored and ready for use in the 22 kWh on-board battery
storage. The system's clean solar electrical generation is enhanced by
the patented EnvisionTrak™ sun tracking system, enabling the solar array
to follow the sun, generating 18 to 25 percent more electricity than a
conventional fixed array.
The City of Shasta Lake is a pristine community located on the
Interstate 5 corridor just north of Redding in northern California. The
proximity of the EV ARC™ to Interstate 5 will contribute to Governor
Brown’s initiative to create EV charging infrastructure on California’s
Interstate system.
Tom Miller, Assistant City Manager and Electric Utility Director for the
City of Shasta said, "Clean and reliable energy is very important to
the City of Shasta and so is being ready for the rapid growth in EV
adoption. We were very happy to find this unique product, which solves
so many of the challenges associated with EV charger deployments and has
no negative environmental impact. The fact that Envision Solar is a
Californian company with American made, environmental sustainability
products means that this is a win for the people of Shasta and
California."

"This deployment in Shasta Lake further demonstrate the value of the EV
ARC,” said Desmond Wheatley, CEO of Envision Solar. “It was not
economically feasible to run trenching and grid connections to this
important location but the EV ARC delivers EV charging where traditional
chargers cannot. Additionally, this will be the first EV ARC to offer
electric wheelchair charging, something we are very proud of. We are
delighted to have the City of Shasta as a customer and look forward to
working with them and other cities to deliver renewably energized EV
charging without the difficult or sometimes impossible tasks associated
with tying to the grid.”